The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
RepOrt OrTeachers' ExapInatIon


Third Grade-A. o. Sax.
In the questions given below, the
teachers will notice that the time fol
each study is given by the State Board,
to which we partially attribute the fail
ure Of some:
l. Trace a ray OF light through the eye te
the retina, naming each part through which
Locate and give function of eustachiAn
tube. Wal 10 per cent?
.. Explain method OF licking the arm at the
ments. Wal. 10 per cent?
T. Explain in FULL the process by which car,
bonIc acid gas is exchanged for oxygen in the
lungs. Wal. Is per cent?
O.. Name and describe the bones OF the leg
Describe the structure OF the teeth
What are the causes OF toothache, and how
may their occurrence be preventedr Wal IL
!. How would you illustrate capillary At
t6actlonI OF what use Is II In the oodyl Wal.
& How would you determine the purity OF
.. What are the general effects a, OF alcohol
upon the human bodyl 9bl OF tobacco7 &c
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
January. 1ss7,-Fairchild- Time. three
i. Give the laws. of gravitation and falling
bodies illustrated in throwing ball over
2. Explain the action OF the pendulum IN
regulating clock, oval. 20 per cent?
are illustrated In flowing wells2 Wal. 20 per
cent?
mon lamp by giving the laws of heat illustrat-
ed. Wal. 20 per cent?
b, Explain the use OF lens In the camera OF
lustrated. Wal. - per cent
january, lSST-Lawhead.-rime IL hours.
1. What length OF board 90 inches wide will
make ~ sou square fN0sI WSl per c cntR
per yard are worth as much as seven-tenths OF
a ton OF coal, how much Is the coal worth per
3. ri invest Is 400 in Missouri Pacific r. r..
6's at y per cent below pa, what will be the
on l sSe rs 9e day OF Nay Jones Rred
house at ~ per an thu o ssGeseinG 70 pay the
What would be the e9uated time for the pay
ment OF the wholeI Wal. 10 per cent?
which a person can purchase either horses at
8. How many square inches OF map surface
on a 15-inch school globel wal 10 per cent?
Z. In digging a cellar, the length of which
was six times, and the width four times its
depth, l92 cubic yards OF earth were removed.
What we're the dimensions of the cellar? wal.
Is per cent?
SGS& taxi tSs Of RTsRsEy Fl SE SsSe at
table, embracing the tax on 81 TO $40, from
which the tax list can be computed. Wal. 10
O. From the product of the sum and difHer-
- ence OF three and six-tenths go and two and
twenty-four hundredths ,2.2I), subtract the
difference between the squares OF three and
X-tentnS fo.O) ana TWO ana lWenIy-IOuF nun
dredths C22IJ Wal. 10 per cent?
10 A 4-rod road extends along one end and
one side OF q farm. which is ninety and 1ye-
d2W rods, the farm extending to the middle Of
the road. How much OF the farm is In the
roadT oval. Is per cent?
January. ISs7.-Tayior.STime one-fourth
hOurD
l. Indicate the pronunciation OF hg, Kansas,
her, evening, cupboard, rally. Wal 20 per
2. Give and iIlusterate the different sounds
OF a. Wal. Is per cent?
give the use OF each. CVal. 20 per cent?
a. Describe good standing position. Vsl.
5. How do you prepare reading lessonp
Wal. Is per cent?
o. How would you require Maud Muller 20
be read? Wal. ~ per cent?
u. 4. CONSTITUTION.
January, ELECTROMAGNETIC one-half
/. How is the house of representatives con-
stituted. and what is It's mode of organization
2 Define the powers and duties of the presi-
dent In Legislation and treaties. Wal. % per
D. what process Is needed to bring back for
trial criminal who has he'd rom one state TO
(. by what process may An alien become a
citizen, and what privileges does he gain by
g. What are the chief sources of revenue for
the general government, and what for the
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
January, lSS7.-Taylor.-Tlme one-half hour.l
j.
Wal. 10 per cent?
q Name the various methods of conducting
method you prefer. Wal. 10 per cent?
3. What should every one know before at
l. In what way will study OF some good
work on methods be OF value TO u teacher wal
s. How would you give your pupils the idea
of the verb? Wal. 10 per cent?
o. Name the articles OF furniture which
should be placed in every school room. Wal
lOpercent.l
of object lessons wal. 10 per cent?
8. What are the characteristics OF good
SCHOOL, Nal. 10 per cent?
moral education of your pupilsp Wal 10 pei
10 How do you secure itp Wal 10 per cent.
PENMANSHIP.
January. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fifteer
/. Write the letters OF the alphabet, joining
them together in groups of two-sman letters
This exercise Will be taken as a specimen o.
your penmanship. wal. 3 per cent?
2. In teaching penmanshtp, would you nav
your beginning class use pen and ink, o.
pencils? Give reasons for your answers
g. Do you have your beginning classes lear
the "elements"1 II not. at what stage do yol
Introduce this analysis or the lettersT oval z
4. Do You make use of the concert method o
uniting in class drill2 What is your opinion o
tt7 Wal. 25 per cent?
january, 1SS7.-Lawhead.-Time one-hal
hour.l
caused, by whom inhabited, and its compare
tive size. wal. 10 per cent?
It's erfeSt Upon animal ifeS Val 10 per cent
B. Give four proofs OF the earth's rotundity
4. Give cause OF tide, waves, ocean cur
rents; val ~ per cent? CT, ..,.,
republic. pasanism, Mormonism and Judaism
(val. % per cent?
q. Locate following seas: Black, Arabian
North, Irish. Wal. 10 per cent?
Z. Locate the Appalachian mountains, ant
tell what plains are separated by them. Wal
& Glaciers tell of what composed, hoy
formed, where found. their movements. oval
~ per '0n"' BooxkEEr1No.
January, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. thirt!
l. Invent series of business transaction
mot less than twelvel likely to occur in
country store In which goods are sold an.
paid for either with money or farm produce
Let some of them be cash transactions, som
ION credit" one at least involving the gtvini
2. Write out the note in legal form. wal.
3 Make the journal entry OF each of the &C
counts invented. Wal. - per cent.
:. Post all these accounts. Wal. % per cent
s. Balance accounts and make out balanc
beet Wal. % per cent?
ORTHOGRAPHY.
january, lSs1.-Fairchild.-Time one-fourt
/. How can q spelling lesson be combine
How Gesa eaS the use OF P sictions2y
taught in connection with spelling lessons
oval. 10 per cent?
3. Give words illustrating the varioJ
sounds represented by the letter q, and Ii
various ways OF representing the sound of
in he. Wal. ~ per cent?
4. Outline your method OF conducting
written recitation in spelling. Wal ~ p'
cent?
s. Correct: Every seperate colledge +,
scientific scholars exaggerates the tmpO
tence OF definate corses OF study likely
superceed methods onct believed infalibl
Wal. 90 peIcent.l
U. s. HISTORY.
January, observation-disclosures, one-ha
hourD
l. (aD To whom was the territory now call,
Maryland originally granted? Dbl Give an q
count OF the first settlement of Marylan
Wal. Is per cent?
9. (a) Where was the first permanent Fren
settlement made in North America? Cb)
cate and describe the country first settled
the Dutch. wal. Is per cent?
B. Give a brief account OF the movements
General washingtons army during I7T7, (V
10 per cent?
{. What were the reconstruction measure
and when enactedg Wal. 10 per cent?
5. Name the leading principles enunclat
In the republican platform of 1863. In {
democratic platform OF same year. Wal.
Der cent?